The Nebraska Appleseed press conference in Support of the Medicaid expansion is back on schedule!

Please attend: This Saturday, June 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. on the west side of the State Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. There will be speakers with the courage to step into the spotlight and tell their stories. They can't get insurance and are suffering because of it. Let's show them we care, let's show them we mean to get this legislation passed by attending, listening and giving them hope in this time of need. Save A Nebraskan. Expand Medicaid NOW.

Congress is working on fast track legislation that would pave the road for new trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and take away our elected representatives' authority to review and amend trade deals. Fast track prevents Congress from improving deals that hurt American workers. We need to stop this now!!

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 23rd annual food drive this Saturday, May 9. Letter carriers will collect non-perishable food donations on that day as they deliver mail along their postal routes.

It is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, and is held annually on the second Saturday in May.

With the extreme weather experienced this winter by much of the country, along with the economic struggles many Americans face, the Letter Carriers’ Food Drive never has been more important.

We just wanted to give a shout out to all the members that stopped by the Union Hall on Thursday to write letters to our Congressman to ask him to vote NO on Fast-Track for TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). TPP is a very important issue for U.S. citizens, not only those in the workforce now, but also our future generations. It's bad for America in that more U.S. jobs will be sent offshore, foreign corporations will get veto power over U.S. laws, and there will be no more "Buy American" laws.

On Saturday, April 25, we will have the annual yard clean-up at the Union Hall at 2448 "N" St. If you are willing and able to help, please meet at the hall at 9:00 a.m. Thank you in advance for your help.

According to reports from right-leaning Fox News, Republicans in statehouses across the country "are plotting a tough new campaign" in 2015 to attack labor unions and weaken their political influence. "The accumulated gains by Republicans in state legislatures will certainly increase pressure on, and within, the GOP caucuses to expand right-to-work laws," Louis Jacobson, state politics columnist for Governing magazine, told FoxNews.com.